hi thanks for the email.
I think I saw a now known bug with powernow but theys till havent fixed it ...! Its odd how some distros are fine though , pclinuxos(mandriva based ) has no problems for example. say while am on , you dont know much about xorg by chance do you?? (thought would ask have a problem cant suss - trying to get gui on a sun ultra sparc with an ati rage video card - ahh such fun !! ) cheers mick On 19/09/06, Stephen van Egmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have this exact same problem. I have definitively narrowed it down to > powernowd: I have configured it to not start in the regular bootup > sequence, but when issuing a direct > > /etc/init.d/powernowd start > > it crashes the box. > > Information of use: > # uname -a > Linux ian 2.6.15-25-amd64-generic #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 14 11:28:03 UTC > 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > # lsmod > Module Size Used by > binfmt_misc 15248 1 > rfcomm 45600 0 > l2cap 30464 5 rfcomm > bluetooth 59268 4 rfcomm,l2cap > isofs 39808 1 > udf 86816 0 > ppdev 11400 0 > tc1100_wmi 9096 0 > video 18824 0 > acpi_sbs 24600 0 > battery 12296 1 acpi_sbs > i2c_acpi_ec 7040 1 acpi_sbs > container 6272 0 > button 8864 0 > pcc_acpi 16128 0 > sony_acpi 7188 0 > ac 7176 1 acpi_sbs > dev_acpi 15364 0 > hotkey 13768 0 > nls_utf8 3584 1 > ntfs 101376 1 > ipv6 300416 8 > dm_mod 63176 1 > md_mod 76792 0 > parport_pc 40816 0 > lp 15040 0 > parport 44172 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp > floppy 74120 0 > nvidia 5433176 12 > snd_intel8x0 38440 1 > snd_ac97_codec 110268 1 snd_intel8x0 > snd_ac97_bus 4096 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm_oss 59424 0 > snd_mixer_oss 20608 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 104584 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 29064 1 snd_pcm > snd 68576 8 > snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer > soundcore 13216 1 snd > snd_page_alloc 13968 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > pcspkr 3592 0 > shpchp 51360 0 > pci_hotplug 33168 1 shpchp > psmouse 40324 0 > serio_raw 9732 0 > usblp 16128 0 > i2c_nforce2 9216 0 > i2c_core 26624 3 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia,i2c_nforce2 > af_packet 28172 2 > tsdev 10240 0 > evdev 14464 1 > usbhid 43040 0 > reiserfs 257904 2 > ide_generic 2816 0 > forcedeth 27908 0 > ehci_hcd 36232 0 > ohci_hcd 23684 0 > usbcore 147004 5 usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd > ide_cd 35744 1 > cdrom 41144 1 ide_cd > ide_disk 19456 4 > sata_nv 12420 0 > libata 85536 1 sata_nv > scsi_mod 160504 1 libata > generic 7300 0 > amd74xx 16944 0 [permanent] > thermal 16524 0 > processor 29224 1 thermal > fan 6408 0 > fbcon 43136 0 > tileblit 4096 1 fbcon > font 9984 1 fbcon > bitblit 7424 1 fbcon > softcursor 3712 1 bitblit > capability 7176 0 > commoncap 9728 1 capability > > Hardware is an Asus A8N motherboard with an Nvidia nforce4 chipset. > > I can provide any information you might ask for to help debug this. I'm > a strong techie, but more or less a zero when it comes to the kernel. I > once typed the kernel debug trap keystroke combination by mistake. That > was fun. > > Anyhow, let me know what I can do to help debug this. > > -- > freezes pc when launched > https://launchpad.net/bugs/48792 > -- freezes pc when launched https://launchpad.net/bugs/48792 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
